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  • News from West Bengal | 24 Aug, 2025 | ৮ ভাদ্র, ১৪৩২
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  • Engineers recall ‘HR job’ of over six years that put humans first

    1234 Kolkata: They were supposed to deal with machines — of the tunnel borer kind — and papers. However, the human resources and administrative departments of ITD ITD-Cementation, contracted to build the 2.6 km East-West Metro corridor, ended up ...

    24 August 2025 Times of India
    Weekday feel on weekend for C Kol as East-West full run hits the right spots

    1234 Kolkata: Packed trains with several standing passengers marked East-West Metro's full run on Saturday as commuters thronged to the corridor, making full use of the connectivity stretching across Sector V and Howrah Maidan. In some of the bustling ...

    24 August 2025 Times of India
    Fusion CX expands, sets up centre in Siliguri

    12 Kolkata: Fusion CX, a city-based company providing global customer experience (CX) and business progress management solutions, has expanded its operations by setting up an operational centre in Siliguri.State information technology and electronics minister Babul Supriyo unveiled the facility, ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Faster and cheaper alternative for travel to airport and office’

    12 Kolkata: For daily commuters and flyers, Friday's inauguration of the 6.7 km metro link between Noapara and Kolkata airport brought a sense of relief and anticipation. Many who witnessed or boarded the inaugural train said the new service ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    UG admissions for CAP candidates take off, classes to begin on Aug 29

    12 Kolkata: The higher education department published the first merit list for undergraduate candidates on centralised admission portal (CAP) on Friday, within a couple of hours of the Supreme Court clearing the deck for the OBC issue. The first-semester ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Ayah centres in eye of storm after rise in caregiver crimes

    Kolkata: The arrest of Ashalata Sardar (36) for the murder of a 79-year-old woman at the New Garia Cooperative Society has once again exposed the increasing trend of caregivers and servants getting involved in crimes.According to Lalbazar, caregivers — ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Contempt plea in HC over freedom fighter pension dues

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday directed Bengal govt and Centre to file affidavits within a fortnight explaining why some freedom fighters were not receiving pension. "We are getting our salary. But why are freedom fighters not getting their pension? ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Science City crucial connect in metro extn from Ruby to Beleghata

    12 Kolkata: There was a sense of muted jubilation as the Orange Line train left Beleghata station and moved towards New Garia following its ceremonial flagging off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Dum Dum on Friday. While the ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Trend continues, most among WBJEE toppers opt for IITs

    Kolkata: Most among the top 10 rank-holders in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) have already moved out of Bengal to pursue higher education at premier institutes of their choice in other states, IITs being the top pick ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Relief for 1.1L JEE aspirants as 117-day wait comes to end

    12 Kolkata: Students and their parents heaved a sigh of relief on Friday when the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board declared the WBJEE results following a wait of three-and-a-half months. Around 1.1 lakh students, who appeared for the ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Didi recalls how she laid ground for metro expansion in ‘nostalgic’ post

    12 Kolkata: A ‘nostalgic' CM Mamata Banerjee took to X on Friday to talk about how she had led the expansion of Kolkata's metro connectivity, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the city to flag-off new services ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Underground shift on Hwh-Sealdah link set to alter surface commute

    1234 Kolkata: With the East-West Metro bridging the gap between Esplanade and Sealdah, connecting two of the most crowded railway stations in the country, a tectonic shift in surface transport is now expected, not just for passengers but all ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Above ground zero, Bowbazar turns protest zone over 6-yr displacement

    1234 Kolkata: At 4.45 pm on Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first Esplanade-Sealdah metro train and it glided through the tunnel below Bowbazar, there were cheers, waving of the Tricolour, and a sense of a ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line: Work in progress for commute to city’s IT hub

    12 Kolkata: Metro Railway does not expect a very high passenger count on the 4.4 km extension of the Orange Line from Ruby to Metropolitan right now. Officials said once the 366 m viaduct is launched to bridge the ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC tears into Modi’s ‘own-goals’, says BJP acts as ‘washing machine’

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday slammed PM Narendra Modi's address in Kolkata, terming his claims on infiltration and corruption as nothing but "self-goals". Checking the borders was not the state's job, TMC claimed in a 40-minute address to the ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Finally, says woman who launched campaign against delayed opening

    Kolkata: Shruti Pathak, who started a campaign in July-Aug demanding that the East-West Metro's last stretch be opened for the sake of Kolkatans who were leading miserable lives negotiating bad roads and endless traffic snarls, was thrilled when the ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC to monitor health of new bldgs for 10 yrs

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation-appointed committee, responsible for overseeing the reconstruction of houses on Durga Pituri Lane and its adjacent areas, will closely monitor the health of the reconstructed buildings for the next 10 years. If these houses suffer ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Language doesn’t refer to a state, there ought not be any argument: Presidency Univ alumni

    12 Kolkata: All Bengali-speaking people should not be identified as Bangladeshis, said speakers at the annual debate—titled ‘Bengali is a language, not a country'—organised by the 75-year-old alumni association of Presidency University on Friday. The event comes at a ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    16-hour Vidyasagar Setu closure in Bengal from 5am on Sunday for repairs

    Kolkata: The Vidyasagar Setu will remain shut for all vehicular movement for about 16 hours from 5am to 9pm on Sunday. The closure will facilitate the lifting and placement of steel portal beams at a single location near Santragachi ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Dilip flies out on PM rally day

    12 Kolkata: BJP's former national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programme, left for Bengaluru to meet spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Friday.Ghosh said he would listen to the PM's speech live on his ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Man kills wife, walks around with her heart

    Jalpaiguri: Residents of Bangkandi village in Jalpaiguri's Maynaguri were horror-struck seeing a neighbour roaming around with an object dripping blood on Friday morning.Ramesh Roy was holding a heart — his wife's.Police said Ramesh, 52, suspected his wife Dipali, 45, ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    SIR: EC asks Bengal poll officials to fill vacancies

    12 Kolkata: Election Commission on Friday asked poll officials in Bengal to gear up for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and fill all vacant posts.EC had earlier written to the state govt asking it to urgently ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal announces 20% bonus for tea garden workers

    12 Darjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive Anit Thapa on Friday announced that tea garden workers in Darjeeling, Terai, Dooars, Kalimpong and Kurseong will receive a 20% bonus for FY 2024–25. The announcement follows a directive issued by ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    UG admissions start as SC lifts quota roadblock

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Board and all colleges under the state's common admission portal started the admission process for the current academic year on Friday a couple of hours after the Supreme Court stayed a Calcutta High ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Elderly woman found murdered, hubby tied up in New Garia home

    12 Kolkata: A 79-year-old woman was found murdered, her hands and feet tied, in her bungalow inside New Garia Cooperative Society on Friday morning while her 83-year-old husband was found tied up in a bedroom on the ground floor. ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Modi invokes infiltration, corruption to attack TMC at Bengal rally

    12 Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday used infiltration and corruption as sticks to beat Trinamool Congress during his third Bengal visit in 12 weeks. In his 39-minute speech at the Dum Dum Central Jail ground, Modi harped ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Illegal’ in India, jailed in B’desh: ‘Nowhere woman’ prays for miracle

    12 Kolkata: In another life, Sunali Khatun could have been a version of Manto's Toba Tek Singh, a man with no country to call his own. Pushed into Bangladesh by police in India who labelled her an illegal immigrant, ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    With 3 new lines, Kol metro becomes a 74-km network

    12 Kolkata: From "hell rail", as Satyajit Ray once dubbed it unable to bear the prolonged construction pain of the country's first underground transportation system (3.4 km Esplanade-Bhowanipur), Kolkata Metro has now grown to a 74-km network. Prime Minister ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    After long wait, commuters happy to beat traffic delays with unbroken ride

    12 Kolkata: The city's long-awaited East-West Metro finally began its complete 16.6-km run between Sector V and Howrah Maidan on Friday evening, linking Salt Lake, Esplanade, and Howrah through one uninterrupted corridor. For thousands of commuters, the uninterrupted service ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Faster and chepaer alternative for airport and office commute’

    Kolkata: For daily commuters and flyers, Friday's inauguration of the 6.7 km metro link between Noapara and Kolkata airport brought a sense of relief and anticipation. Many who witnessed or boarded the inaugural train said the new service would ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Yellow Line: Noapara link between home & the world

    12 Kolkata: From Monday, flyers arriving at the airport can travel to nearly anywhere in the city in less than an hour. The Yellow Line, which will connect seamlessly with the Blue Line, will allow commuters to travel from ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Kids join PM on 1st metro ride to airport

    12 Kolkata: For a dozen or so schoolchildren, Friday turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience as they joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the maiden Metro ride between Jessore Road station and Kolkata airport shortly after the PM flagged off ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Green Line: Shortest new stretch bridges east & west

    12 Kolkata: The East-West Metro, projected to exceed the age-old Blue Line in ridership within a year or two, completed its first full run between Salt Lake Sector V and Howrah Maidan across the Hooghly on Friday evening. The ...

    23 August 2025 Times of India
    Modi attacks Trinamool ahead of Bengal visit for metro corridors launch

    12 Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday, barely a few hours ahead of his scheduled visit to Bengal, took to X to flag the "increasing public anger against Trinamool Congress". Modi, who will be on his third visit to ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    CISF to recruit 70,000 jawans over 5 years

    Kolkata: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will recruit 70,000 jawans over the next five years to take the sanctioned strength to 2,20,000.The force inducted 13,230 personnel in 2024 and aims to recruit an additional 24,098 in 2025. There ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee poorest among CMs: ADR report says Bengal CM has assets worth Rs 15 lakh; Chandrababu Naidu, Pema Khandu top the list

    KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee continues to be the poorest among all 31 CMs with assets worth a little over Rs 15 lakh, according to the latest report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) prepared after state assembly ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: Customs dog mauls 4-year-old at airport; handler absconds as family cries for help, FIR filed

    KOLKATA: A four-year-old boy headed to Malaysia for a holiday with his family on Aug 12 was attacked by a Customs dog at Kolkata airport resulting in deep scratches on his back and leading to his hospitalisation. The family ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Biggest expansion: 14km of new metro tracks, a giant leap for Kolkata

    When PM Narendra Modi inaugurates three Metro sections on Friday, Kolkata will get 14km of new metro tracks, the largest addition to its network since inception, transforming the way the city commutes. TOI gives you a low-down on the ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid temperatures and rain expected today

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience a rainy day on August 22, 2025, with moderate rainfall ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    E-W full run from 6pm today; Orange, Yellow Line ops from Monday

    12 Kolkata: Revenue services for the final leg of East-West Metro and the entire 16.6 km corridor will start around 6 pm on Friday, approximately one and a half hours after PM Narendra Modi inaugurates the section. Services on ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Panel holds votes to choose VCs at 15 state universities

    Kolkata: In a first, the search committee, formed to select permanent vice-chancellors at 15 state universities, conducted votes to choose the candidates from the shortlist of VC-aspirants.The voting system was introduced as VC selection for 17 state universities was ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    SC OBC hearing on Mon, HC refuses to pass order on JEE PIL

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to pass any order in PIL, seeking the publication of WBJEE results, given that the Supreme Court is likely to hear the OBC-related issue on Aug 25. The HC will ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Cops in plain clothes assault lawyer over parking; no duty for ASI, says HC

    123456 Kolkata: The assault of a Calcutta High Court lawyer by plain clothes cops in Salt Lake over a parking tiff on Wednesday night prompted the HC to ask Bidhannagar City Police commissioner not to assign any duty to ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    State norm for prime-time theatre slots for Bengali films debuts today

    Kolkata: The new rule of slotting at least one prime-time show, between 3 pm and 9 pm, to a Bengali film at all screens in the state will have to be implemented from Friday. While the move will ensure ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Car ownership transfer, regn renewal made easy

    Kolkata: Ownership transfers of private vehicle and registration renewals would now be possible at any registering authority within Bengal, regardless of the buyer's address or location of residence, announced the state transport department on Wednesday. The move, aimed at ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Over 100 mm rain pounds Ballygunge, Jodhpur Park

    1234 Kolkata: Multiple spells of rain lashed Kolkata on Thursday, causing traffic snarls and waterlogging, especially in the southern and eastern parts of the city. The cloud cover and the intermittent rain pushed the maximum temperature to Aug's lowest ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Language row: 12 CU hostel residents injured in scuffle with Sealdah traders

    12 Kolkata: At least 12 people, all Calcutta University students staying at Carmichael Hostel, sustained injuries after allegedly being assaulted by traders on Wednesday night. Tension flared in the Sealdah area after the students alleged they were attacked ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC: Metro projects delayed to allow PM a ‘pre-poll photo-op’

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday termed Narendra Modi's jibe at the party as a "broken record" with "ab ki baar" playing on loop since the 2016 assembly polls in Bengal and said the metro projects set to be inaugurated ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    All ‘untainted’ teachers eligible for fresh SSC test: SC

    Kolkata: All "untainted" teachers, who were part of the 2016 SSC selection panel and lost their jobs following a court order on April 3, were allowed to sit for the fresh recruitment test and they were exempted from the ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Displaced families wait to return home as metro trains set to run below Kolkata’s cave-in zone

    Kolkata: On Friday, as the city will celebrate the launch of Metro services through the very stretch where the East-West line burrowed under Bowbazar, dozens of families will be watching from a distance — still barred from the homes ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Last-mile connectivity: Route rejig likely for autos

    12 Kolkata: The opening of three new metro alignments is set to change the way commuters travel in Kolkata. Now, transport department officials and auto unions are working on reconfiguring routes so that autos will run perpendicular to the ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Birbhum double murder: 12 sent to jail for life

    Kolkata: A Birbhum court on Thursday sentenced 12 persons to life imprisonment for the murder of two Trinamool Congress supporters in Birbhum's Margram more than two years ago.The victims — Nazrul Islam, also known as Newton, and Laltu Skj ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Airport to join Esplanade, Howrah and Sealdah on metro map, Bypass corridor now till Beleghata

    12 Kolkata: The city is set to get its second lifeline extending 16.6 km from Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah Maidan when the full East-West Metro is commissioned on Friday evening. Till now, the North-South metro was the ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Elevator logjam worry for flyerstaking metro ride to Kol airport

    12 Kolkata: Passengers who take the metro to the airport to then board a flight will have to queue up for elevator before exit gate No. 1A at the arrival level to move to the departure level before entering ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Mohta aims to turn Titas into a Rs1,000 crore brand in 10 yrs

    Kolkata: Anirudh Mohta, who acquired a majority stake in Titas Footwear a few months ago, said he wants to turn it into a Rs 1,000 crore brand over the next 10 years. Mohta has 51% stake in the company, ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC MLA, 2 others get bail in 2021 murder case

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the anticipatory bail plea by Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Pal and two councilors, accused in the murder of BJP activist Abhijit Sarkar in 2021.Justice Jay Sengupta held that there was no evidence ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Not invited to PM’s rally, says Dilip

    123 Kolkata: Dilip Ghosh, former national vice-president of BJP, is unlikely to attend PM Narendra Modi's programme in Dum Dum on Friday as he was yet to get an invite."I have not yet decided whether to attend the PM's ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Bribery cry: Kunal moves court against Abhaya’s father

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday filed a defamation case against the father of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim for his purported claim that the leader was involved in a plot to bribe the CBI to influence ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    64-year-old ailing woman sets herself on fire, dies in Behala

    12 Kolkata: A 64-year-old elderly woman was found dead from severe burn injuries at her residence located at Bakultala's Parui Daspara area of Behala.The incident was reported early on Thursday morning with cops stating that the victim – Sarbani ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    Severe waterlogging, traffic movement hit across city

    12 Kolkata: A large part of the city, especially areas in south-east and south Kolkata, was inundated due to heavy rain that lasted for two hours (1 pm to 3 pm) on Thursday. This severely affected traffic movement, which ...

    22 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘You Bengali speakers must be Bangladeshis’: Calcutta University students attacked by hawkers with hockey sticks, rods, and knives; 4 injured

    KOLKATA: "You Bengali speakers must be Bangladeshis"—Calcutta University students staying at Carmichael Hostel were beaten up by Hindi-speaking hawkers at Sealdah Bridge. Police arrested two persons in relation to this incident.The incident began when a boarder on Wednesday night ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    HC seeks EC report over fake voters allegation

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought a report from the EC after an petitioner from Kakdwip complained of multiple instances of fake birth and domicile certificates being issued to non-citizens in an attempt to manipulate electoral rolls.The petitioner's ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Cop focus on parking as new pujas gear up to compete with biggies

    12 Kolkata: With several new Durga Puja pandals across the city positioning themselves as possible top draws this year, the Kolkata Traffic Police is coordinating with local police to identify the fresh parking spots that can handle the increased ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: High humidity with rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience moderate rainfall on August 21, 2025, with temperatures ranging between ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    'Will be difficult to finish syllabus, warn colleges': Bengal faces most-delayed UG admissions in 25 years; leaves students in limbo over OBC quota

    KOLKATA: Bengal's most-delayed undergraduate admission season in at least 25 years has set alarm bells ringing in academic circles with colleges raising concerns over academic schedules going haywire and students worried about the effect on their careers. A former ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    'Nothing short of Hitlerian assault on Indian democracy': CM Mamata Banerjee slams Centre's 'super-Emergency bill' as death warrant for Constitution

    KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee termed the bill proposing the removal of the PM, CM and ministers if held in custody for more than 30 days as "nothing short of an Hitlerian assault on the very soul of Indian democracy" ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Search panel interviews 18 VC applicants for JU, 4 other univs

    Kolkata: The search panel, led by former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit interviewed 18 VC applicants for Jadavpur University, Netaji Subhas Open University, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University, Biswa Bangla University, and Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya. The ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Power block hits Kolkata Metro operations for 40 mins

    Kolkata:Services along the North-South Metro (Blue Line) were disrupted for 40 minutes from around 11.30am on Wednesday due to a power block that was carried out to pump out excess water from the drainage channel. However, the tracks were ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Lionstead acquires Ceramat for bio-ceramics

    Kolkata: Lionstead Applied Materials, the advanced materials platform of Lionstead Ventures (LV), has acquired Ceramat, a manufacturer of bio-ceramics and a subsidiary of Tata Steel Advanced Materials Ltd. The definitive agreement was signed in Mumbai on Aug 18, 2025.The ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Now, a single-train ride will take you to airport from Shahid Khudiram stn

    12 Kolkata: Once full-fledged commercial operation begins on the Yellow Line, commuters who take the metro on the Blue Line will be able to travel straight to the airport without having to switch trains at Noapara. Metro Railway is ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC MPs tear up bill copies; Abhishek cites Bengal’s strength

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MPs on Wednesday protested inside and outside Parliament against the introduction of the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha.The MPs tore copies of the bill and threw bits of paper towards treasury benches in ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Raid on banned thermocol items at Kumartuli, other artisan hubs

    12 Kolkata: The cops have started their a month-long pre-puja awareness campaign by conducting raids on all idol-making hubs, including Kumartuli, to dissuade decorators and artisans from using thermocol or expanded polystyrene. By an order dated Oct 28, 2022, ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Woman kingpin gives cops the slip, Kolkata Police fears girl gang behind 1cr con

    Kolkata: On a day when the Chandigarh Police returned empty-handed from Golf Green in search of Manisha Dhar — a female cybercriminal wanted in over 10 states for involvement in dozens of bank frauds, the Kolkata Police fears that ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    KMDA takes up repair of battered surfaces of more city bridges

    1234 Kolkata: A couple of days after TOI carried a report on the sorry state of some of the carriageway surfaces on the city's bridges and flyovers, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the custodian of most of the elevated ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    JU IR dept seeks reopening of research library shut for a year

    Kolkata: Students and research scholars of the international relations (IR) department have written to the registrar demanding the reopening of two vital academic facilities — TN Das Research Centre and Journal Section — which have been closed due to ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    No seat list yet, aspirants worry about med dreams

    Kolkata: It was a restless Wednesday for MBBS and DBS aspirants who had been looking forward to the first list of seat allocation following the first round of counselling. The suspension of the counselling procedure by West Bengal Medical ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER death probe panel starts work

    Kolkata: The fact-finding committee at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER-Kolkata), formed to investigate the circumstances leading to PhD student Anamitra Roy's death, started its probe, said sources. An official said the panel comprises external and internal ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    59L attend Amader Para camps to solve local civic issues

    Kolkata: The state govt's Amader Para Amader Samadhan (APAS) camps reached a total footfall of 58.9 lakh on Wednesday, within a fortnight of the programme's launch. Waterlogging, cleaner tap water, road repairs, and street lights were among the primary ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Custodial torture’: Divn bench nixes state prayer

    Kolkata: A Calcutta High Court division bench on Wednesday refused to interfere with the order of a single bench in a case relating to the alleged custodial torture of female activists picked up by West Midnapore Police on March ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Job scam: Court asks mantri to surrender on Sept 12

    Kolkata: A special PMLA court on Wednesday directed state minister Chandranath Sinha to surrender in court on Sept 12, in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. Charges against the minister are likely to be framed on the same date. ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Darj magistrate apologises for comment on Nepali

    Darjeeling: The judicial magistrate at Mungpoo Court has issued a written apology to the Darjeeling Bar Association for describing Nepali as a "foreign language" and restricting its use in her court.On Aug 14, judicial magistrate first class and civil ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Business-class comfort on low-cost flights soon

    Kolkata: Days after Emirates and Thai Vietjet announced four-class and three-class cabin configurations on their respective flights to Dubai and Bangkok, domestic carrier IndiGo Airlines announced a two-class configuration in its cabin on flights to Delhi and Mumbai. At ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Why driving alone: Cop to woman after signal jump

    Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police started an inquiry against a traffic cop, believed to be a constable from a traffic guard, who allegedly stopped a woman, who was driving a car, for a traffic light violation near Fort William. Instead ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Airport hub, six more stations all set to redefine Kol’s metro commute experience

    12 Kolkata: The city is set to get seven new metro stations, including the pivotal Jai Hind station at the airport, and a stabling yard 13m below the century-old NSCB airport. Jai Hind is among Asia's largest underground metro ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Modi to unveil 3 new metro projects in Bengal tomorrow

    12 Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Bengal on Friday, will inaugurate three metro rail projects, and lay the foundation stone for road infrastructure projects worth Rs1,200 crore for the state. Later, he will address a ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC awaits ‘hard evidence’ before declaring ‘Nandakumar hanging well’ a heritage site

    1234 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is waiting for "hard evidence" to declare the Nandakumar hanging well at Hastings a heritage site. The civic body has repeatedly received proposals from historians and civil groups regarding its recognition as ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    'We may fall behind schedule': Clock ticks, September 5 deadline looms for 11,178 MBBS entrants in Bengal; counselling paused over OBC quota

    KOLKATA: Bengal's 11,178 aspiring medical students, whose seat allotment lists were to be declared on Wednesday, are now staring at uncertainty with the state suddenly pausing counselling "till further orders". National Medical Commission's all-India admission schedule for MBBS and ...

    21 August 2025 Times of India
    Veggie rates refuse to cool down as rain hits supply

    12 Kolkata: City households are feeling the pinch of a relentless rise in vegetable prices as record rainfall has hit supply lines and damaged standing crops across Bengal. With demand outstripping local supply, traders are sourcing vegetables from states ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid temperatures with moderate rain expected today

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience persistent rainfall on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, with temperatures ranging ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    'We may fall behind schedule': Clock ticks, September 1 deadline looms for 11,178 MBBS entrants in Bengal; counselling paused over OBC quota

    KOLKATA: Bengal's 11,178 aspiring medical students, whose seat allotment lists were to be declared on Wednesday, are now staring at uncertainty with the state suddenly pausing counselling "till further orders". National Medical Commission's all-India admission schedule for MBBS and ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    'Tried to shield untainted teachers': SC junks review pleas against order scrapping 25k Bengal school jobs; says selection process was vitiated and tainted beyond redemption

    KOLKATA: Supreme Court has dismissed all review petitions against its April 3 order scrapping the 2016 recruitment of 25,734 school staffers, saying the selection process was "vitiated and tainted" beyond redemption. The Aug 5 order could be accessed on ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Emami Agrotech eyes Rs 2k cr revenue from foods biz in 3 yrs

    Kolkata: Emami Agrotech, the foods and edible oil arm of Emami Group, is eyeing Rs 2,000 crore revenue from the foods business in the next three years. The company is entering the staples business with atta, suji and maida, ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal steel industry to get Rs8,000cr investment over 5 years

    Kolkata: Bengal's steel industry is poised for an investment of Rs 8,000 crore over the next five years, as two major players are set to expand their production capacity to meet the rising demand.Shakambhari Group, an integrated steel manufacturing ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Metro to charge extra for oversized luggage

    Kolkata: Metro Railway will allow passengers to carry suitcases — mostly within standard size limits — from all stations in its network to the airport station. However, those carrying large or oversized luggage will have to pay extra, senior ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Kol may get more showers from today, predicts Met

    12 Kolkata: The rain spells on Tuesday could only be a prelude to wetter days ahead. The Alipore weather office has predicted increased rainfall activities from Wednesday. The showers also pushed the maximum temperature below the normal mark after ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC pauses distribution of vending certs to hawkers

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has yet again decided to keep the distribution of vending certificates on hold. The civic body was supposed to start distributing vending certificates among 8,727 hawkers — chosen based on a KMC ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Reaching airport still a pain as VIP Rd repairs stop midway

    12 Kolkata: Even as road repairs across the city has gathered momentum during the current dry spell, the VIP Road stretch continues to be in a poor shape, leading to snarls and safety risks for motorists.Bidhannagar Police, in charge ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Couple gets 2nd chance at having baby as HC gives IVF nod to overage husband

    12 Kolkata: A couple from Narendrapur received a second chance at having a child through IVF after the Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed the man, now 59 years old, through the process despite him overshooting the age criteria ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC reaches out to Kejriwal, gets ‘AAP support’ for INDIA veep candidate

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Tuesday reached out to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to get the party's backing for retired Justice B Sudershan Reddy — the opposition's vice-president pick. AAP isn't a member of the INDIA bloc now. TMC, which was ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
    Durand semis: East Bengal look to clear DHFC hurdle

    12 Kolkata: In this season of more fractious and perplexing moments in Indian football, East Bengal FC and Diamond Harbour FC embody a unique contest in the Durand Cup semifinals here on Wednesday. East Bengal have earned their place ...

    20 August 2025 Times of India
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